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Arthur G. Sir Doughty. Under the Lily and the Rose
Under the Lily and the Rose
Table of Contents
CHAPTER XVII. LORD DORCHESTER
CHAPTER XVIII. THE COMING OF THE LOYALISTS
CHAPTER XIX. UPPER CANADA
CHAPTER XX. THE RED RIVER SETTLEMENT
CHAPTER XXI. THE WAR OF 1812
CHAPTER XXII. THE ANGLICAN AND OTHER CHURCHES
CHAPTER XXIII. A GLIMPSE OF CANADA FROM THE AIR
CHAPTER XXIV. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD
CHAPTER XXV. AFTER THE WAR
CHAPTER XXVI. AFTER CONFEDERATION
CHAPTER XXVII. SIR WILFRID LAURIER
CHAPTER XXVIII. LORD MINTO AND LORD GREY
CHAPTER XXIX. RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR ROBERT BORDEN
CHAPTER XXX. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. L. MACKENZIE KING
CHAPTER XXXI. THE HONOURABLE R. B. BENNETT, PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA
CHAPTER XXXII. THE LAST CHAPTER
INDEX
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Arthur G. Sir Doughty
A Short History of Canada for Children Volume 2 of 2
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Sword knots, wine, oatmeal, tobacco, blotting paper, and wash-tubs could be purchased from the same vendor, so that shopping was very simple. These few items indicate what use was made of the Press, but there was always some reference to the Governor and a summary of foreign news. To a people accustomed to wait for a foreign newspaper until the arrival of the ships it must have been quite a boon to receive a weekly paper, for you know how eagerly you look for the comic weekly, and they are often not so amusing as the advertisements of olden days.
This is an illustration of the social life under Lord Dorchester, who sailed from Canada for the last time in 1796. A century and a quarter have passed, and with it the memory of men who played a part in Canadian history. But the name of Dorchester will not perish. He was the man of whom Canada had need at a critical hour, and he proved equal to the task reposed in him. As a soldier, a governor and a man, Canada is jealous of his honour.
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